Chao News client special correspondent Zhao Lei, Ying Luyang, Yi Zhigang
In the early morning of August 3, Beijing time, the Olympic swimming event continued at the La Défense Stadium in Paris. In the men's 200m individual medley final, France's Marchand won in 1:54.06, United Kingdom's Duncan · Scott finished second in 1:55.31, and defending champion Wang Shun of China won third in 1:56.00.
The top three in the men's 200m medley at the Paris Olympics are pictured by champion Leon · Marchand (center), runner-up Duncan · Scott (right) and third runner-up Wang Shun (left). Image source: Paris Olympics official website
After the game, Wang Shun posted on his personal social media.
Wang Shun: The results are not satisfactory, but I will not regret doing my best
"The meaning of perseverance is concretized at this moment." After the game, Wang Shun left a message on his personal social media and attached a photo of himself winning bronze in four Olympic games.
As the men's 200m medley champion at the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Shun's competitiveness is undoubted.
In the final of the race, he competed in lane 6 and was in the lead in the first 50m butterfly at the start of the race. But in the second 50 meters, the host runner Leon · Marchand showed his competitiveness in the backstroke to overtake Wang Shun, but the lead was not large. At the halfway, Marchand was first in 53.55 seconds, and Wang Shun was second 0.20 seconds behind.
In the third stroke, Marchand showed the strength of the new Olympic champion in the 200m breaststroke, gradually increasing his advantage. At the same time, United Kingdom's Duncan · Scott also successfully overtook Wang Shun and entered the second place. Marchand turned in 1:25.91, and Wang Shun was 1.87 seconds behind in third.
In the final 50m freestyle, Marchand sprinted with all his might, making the championship lose suspense, and the silver medal belonged to Scott. And Wang Shun has been trying to catch up, in order to ensure that he can get on the podium, he did his best, and also successfully retained his third place position, won a valuable bronze medal.
At the National Swimming Championships in Shenzhen three months ago, Wang Shun won the championship in 1:55.35, surpassing the runner-up Scott's time of 1:55.91 at the United Kingdom Swimming Olympic Trials and qualifying for Paris as the world's No. 1 registration this year.
In the men's 200m medley at the Paris Olympics, defending champion Wang Shun fought for a bronze medal.
"Today's race was not ideal, but I used all my energy." Wang Shun, a four-time Olympian, said in an interview after the competition that he has no regrets, "My goal is to hope to achieve better results, even faster than the previous edition." Even though I didn't make it, I was on the podium today and I'm proud of my efforts. Whether it is a gold medal or a medal, I will contribute to the swimming cause of my country. ”
"At this moment, I feel that the efforts of the past few years have not been in vain." Wang Shun also admitted that he has made a lot of efforts in the past few years, and there have been many difficult moments, "including many times when I want to give up, so I also want to thank the coach and the team, and thank all the people who accompanied me for helping me through those difficult moments." ”
Wang Shun also expressed his willingness to continue swimming, saying that "I hope to see you again in Los Angeles 2028."
Leon · Marchand made history by becoming only the fourth person to win four individual swimming gold medals at a single Olympic Games
When the Chao News reporter watched the game at the scene, he felt that whenever he came to the game event in which Marchand played, the eardrum would suffer a wave of serious impact.
As long as Marchand appears in the pool, even if he wants to have a brief communication with his colleagues close to him, he needs to shout in the other party's ear, because the audience of the host France on the scene, the decibel number of cheering and shouting is too high, and the momentum of the battle seems to overturn the entire stadium.
And Marchand clearly did not disappoint his hometown fathers in France, and his victory in the 200m medley final also broke the record set by Michael · Phelps at the Beijing Olympics.
After winning the 200m medley, Marchand held out four fingers, indicating that he had won four individual events at the Games. Image source: AFP
In addition, he has achieved four individual Olympic titles, becoming only the fourth person in history to achieve this feat. The top three were Mark ·Spietz, a United States player who set the record at Munich 1972, and former East Germany's Christine · Otto, who achieved the feat at Seoul 1988, and United States Phelps, who won four individual gold medals at Athens 2004 and five more individual gold medals at Beijing four years later, setting a record of eight gold medals in a single Olympic Games.
In the men's 200m individual medley, Marchand became the second-fastest athlete in the history of the event after Ryan · Rochette (1:54.00).
The 22-year-old from Toulouse, France, finished his journey at the Olympic Games with the men's 400m individual medley, 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly and now the reigning 200m individual medley champion and Olympic record holder. He faced the reigning Olympic champions in three of his four bouts and ended their dominance.
It is no wonder that France Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron was present to cheer and applaud him.
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